RSH Slight Dorsal Flight

[Jay Ing]

Went out to try and catch a WTKite drop but they were lazy. Thankfully a RSH made a few passes. Got several frames I liked but think this was the best.

A1+600GM, HH
800/3200/4

C1P/PS/Topaz DnAi

[arash_hazeghi]

sweet shot Joel, love the BG color palette. sharp with good details.

In a perfect would have been lower in the sky as it came out a bit contrasty

cheers buddy, hope you figured the issue with the EVF switching.

[Steve Kaluski]

Nice shot Joel, agree with Arash on being Contrasty, but also there are some heavy sharpening halos around the head, underneath and at the tail. Perhaps a little off the top.

TFS
Steve

[John Mack]

Cool frame of this hawk. Like the background alot.

[Brian Sump]

Jay, surely you'll note that the flatter wing position is far less desirable among most BPN'ers but there are times and angles where I find it works well and the separation of beak from the opposing wing def helps this one.

Any shortcomings there are overcome by the amazing, colorful bkg. I could see a slightly less boxy crop with a touch more room in front.

A bit unfortunate that the shadow cuts through the eye. Only other nit would be a bit of sharpening halos around the feet, chin and beak.

Overall a nice capture.

[Jay Ing]

Well, here's the edit. Perhaps better?

[Bill Dix]

Great screaming pose. RP a definite improvement with contrast reduction. Love the BG.

[Brian Sump]

Definitely better on the RP Jay... still seeing halos though.

[arash_hazeghi]

to get rid of the halo, feather the sharpening mask by 1-2 pixels

[Wayne Niz]

Silky smooth BG, awesome bird and love the open beak and head angle. Fantastic shot RP is better